FINANCE

Weekly Summary #2

Choose a company that you can obtain lots of information on. This can be either a publically traded company or a company you work for or own

The instructions for this week are below. Students that put forth excellent quality work will be awarded extra credit points.

Week #2:

This week we will focus on capital structure for your company as we will be discussing stocks and bonds during class:

1.     Analyze the equity of the company so that the reader understands the company’s equity position. Some items to include: number of shares, market price, EPS, PE ratio, book to market value.

2.     Analyze the debt of the company with a particular focus on bonds. Some items to include: number of bonds issued, current price, YTM, rating, market value versus book value, debt to equity ratio, times interest earned.